Rotarians add spice to their fundraising event for 3\u00a0local\u00a0nonprofits\u00a0<\/p>\n
GREEN COVE SPRINGS\u00a0\u2013 The Rotary Club of Fleming Island found a way to mix spice, libations, a flyover by the Dreamland Squadron,\u00a0fellowship\u00a0and an opportunity to support three local nonprofits with its annual Chili Cookoff on Saturday, Nov. 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not only did Jerry Smith find a way to sneak\u00a0venison into his concoction\u00a0of peppers, while Rebecca Shearer\u00a0prepared a special blend of\u00a0flavors to create a white chili to win the spicy category and non-traditional categories, respectively, but\u00a0their entries, along with hungry patrons, helped support local causes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Village Improvement Association in Green Cove Springs, the Wounded Warrior Project and\u00a0the Clay County Veterans Services all shared in the proceeds\u00a0generated in\u00a0a\u00a0cookoff between a dozen\u00a0chili cooks at Preston and Donna Mangas’ Family Hangar at Haller Airpark.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The grand champion of the bunch was\u00a0Randy Robb of the Rotary Club of Fleming Island. He will hold the \u201ctrophy,\u201d a sprawling\u00a0peacock\u00a0ornamental art, until next year\u2019s chili cookoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rotarians add spice to their fundraising event for 3\u00a0local\u00a0nonprofits\u00a0 GREEN COVE SPRINGS\u00a0\u2013 The Rotary Club of Fleming Island…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":383280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,15024,15015,15023,15026,3188,15016,723,15021,7310,15020,15022,7648,15018,15017,15025,15019,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-384663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-argyle","10":"tag-clay-county","11":"tag-doctors-inlet","12":"tag-eagle-harbor","13":"tag-fl","14":"tag-fleming-island","15":"tag-florida","16":"tag-green-cove-springs","17":"tag-jacksonville","18":"tag-keystone-heights","19":"tag-lake-asbury","20":"tag-margaret","21":"tag-middleburg","22":"tag-orange-park","23":"tag-pace-island","24":"tag-penney-farms","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-united-states-of-america","27":"tag-unitedstates","28":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","29":"tag-us","30":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115563713420513790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}